September 18, 2025 10:00am - 10:00am
Presentation Title: Turkish Elevator Industry
Presentation Description: With more than 250 manufacturer companies Türkiye is one of the biggest elevator and escalator suppliers in the world. Due to geographical advantages with labor and energy cost manufacturing and shipping is very convenient for local elevator companies. Türkiye's relatively low tax rates provided a competitive advantage in some industries during the custom tariffs crisis created by Trump. This situation is creating many advantages for US and Turkish companies also. The aim of presentation to explain this advantages.
Speakers: Bulent Yilmaz, Devrim Gecegezer, T.Bruce MacKinnon -Elevator World
Bios:
Bulent Yilmaz is Managing Director of Elevator World at Europe, Asia and MENA who is managing Elevator World Türkiye, Elevator World Europe and Elevator World Middle East from 2014. He is representing world biggest fair interlift at Türkiye and MENA region during 7 years. Representing The Elevator Show Dubai fair with Elevator World Inc. and AFAG. He is steering committee member of International Elevator and Escalator Symposium (IEES).
Devrim Gecegezer is founder and chief technical director at GENEMEK, specializing in industrial electronics and electromechanical product design and manufacturing, with particular expertise in elevator systems. He has served as design technician for İnter Mühendislik and R&D technician for PENTA Telecommunications. Prior to founding his own company, he gained extensive experience in the telecommunications and engineering sectors, developing specialized solutions for industrial applications. Gecegezer holds a degree in Business Administration from Anadolu University Eskişehir, and completed his technical education at Marmara University Technical Sciences Electronics-Computer Vocational School, building upon his foundational training from Haydarpaşa Industrial Vocational High School as an Electronics Technician.
T. Bruce MacKinnon is president and CEO of Elevator World, Inc., (EW) the global publisher for the vertical-transportation industry. He takes great pride in continuing the vision of his grandfather, Elevator World founder William C. Sturgeon, who saw Elevator World as the nucleus and main communicator for the industry, while providing it a worldwide marketing platform. Established in 1953, Elevator World is longest running publication for the global industry. MacKinnon has expanded Elevator World through partnerships and new product launches over the past 25 years. The company has a combined global reach of more than 50,000 readers through its print and digital media.
